Telegram-herald., 1887-08-07

-tasai ~slme' winch Z bad taEcn from the
body Of cur poor servant WHO VIZ, murdered
IN t1e canoe. We feared tat If they had ire
arms the result os three cross fires carried on
a. orce would be thas some Of our own people
would Je shot; besides. :. appeared 10 all Of
Us tat tLe work th;y had 10 Go would
best % carried out wish cold steel-es-
pecla.ly TO Dmslcpceaas, vko ras, indeed,
a great a6vocate CT cold steel. we had with
Us four Winchester repeating rifles, besides
half dozen G1Artinis 1 armed myself with
one OF rle reDeaters--.ny own; on excellent
weapon for thl5 kind OF WORK, where great
ran.dity OF lire is desirable, and fitted with
ordinary fap sight, instead of the usual
cumbersome sliding mechanism which they
generally have. Dir. Mackenzie took another,
and the two remaining ones were given TO
two OF bis men, who understood the uss CT
them and were motel shots. The Martins and
some rifles Of III. lEackenzio's we're served
out, together with plentiful supply Of am
ulGnition, to the other natives Who were 10
form the two parties whose duty it was to be to
oren Gre from separate sides OK the Era2l on
tie Sleeping Nasal, and who wers fortunately
all more or less accustomed TO tue Use OF a
gun.
crmec-wlth al ak Il nay % remembered
that ke, Sir Henry, ard the strongest Of the
Asiari were 70 hold tic thorn stopped en-
trance 20 the Lraal against The anti ipated
rush OK men striving 70 escape. Or course,
for such purpose as this guns we're useless.
Therefore Sir Iel-y ard the Asl.ari pro
ceeded 10 arm themselves in Ike fashion. Il
so happened that II. EacScnz.e lad II Is
e. -sr
EngiAl made hammer backed ak Leadx ST.
Henry selected one OF these. weighing about
two and half pounds and very broad II the
blade. and tie As1a1i took another a si1a
smaller. After Uusiopo-sas had put sn
extra edge on these two ax heads, we fixed
them 70 three feet six helves, Of whic,f Mr.
Mackenz.s fortunately had soms in stock,
made Of light but exceedingly tough native
wood, something Eko English asa. only more
springy. Wnen twO suitable hslvcs had bcen
selected vita great carr, and the end OF TIE
haft notched TO prevent the hand from Sip
ping. tie az heads were Gxed on them as
firmly "a possible. and tLe weapons immeTsed
in n bucket Of vassr for half 81 hour Tho
results of this was % swell the wool in the
socket ia such fashion that nothing short Of
burning would get is out again. When tia
UmSicpogaas, went into nay roorl and pro
ceedsd t3 open htt.e Tin Tired deal case.
which b. 4 not been uDdone since we left
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thinkl-u0 siag mere oT lsss than four f8a..
shirts
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